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Storage levels currently stand at just 62%, leaving the region increasingly dependent on a mild winter to curb heating demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
This is mainly due to concerns about people offering unsuitable foods and birds becoming dependent on humans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
There is no statistically significant support for the notion that postmidterm strength is dependent upon premidterm weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
"The problem is they may now be at the end of a chain of transfer deals, with the players involved and their transfer targets dependent on other moves happening first," said the former Villa decision-maker.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Woodcuts and engraving in particular were traditionally dependent on craftsmanship, which may explain why so few creative geniuses have made them and have generally been content to let others produce prints from their designs.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Having alienated even his most obsequious dependents, Nero fled the city and killed himself in A.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Even after leaving dependents behind, the Ten Thousand were chronically short of food, and their efforts to feed themselves becomes one of this book’s driving themes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The SSA, which handles benefits for more than 75 million retirees, people with disabilities and dependents, said it made sweeping productivity gains.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
For many workers — such as single-earners, people whose jobs are not stable or those who support dependents — the standard emergency fund should cover six months of basic expenses, financial planners told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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